Record ID: NCL-BABE07
Object type: FINGER RING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
The folowing report is from Martin Henig. "An attractive intaglio in a lower quality, base silver ring. The material of the stone is a non crystalline quartz, a chalcedony, with an upper blue layer and brownish ground, so it could be called a blue onyx or nicolo [ jewellery terms rather than scientific ones], the blue caused by staining/chemical treatment. The gem was cut with an outwardly bevelled edge. The subject is a cow, a popular subject from the Augustan period onwards, though I would date this to the late 1st century/first half of the 2nd century AD. Comparanda: see M.…
Created on: Thursday 21st December 2017
Last updated: Wednesday 19th September 2018
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Record ID: NCL-9147B0
Object type: HARNESS FITTING
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
A possible copper alloy fob with red and blue enamel decoration. The mount is circular with 4 small openwork sections, which give the object the form of a broad equal-armed cross sitting within a circle. Around the outer edge of the fob are small enamelled cells which are coloured alternately red and blue. Most of these cells are now missing, and it is not possible to estimate the number of cells that would have originally been present. Inside the circumferential decoration, at the end of each arm of the cross there are further decorated enamelled cells. These form two distinct p…
Created on: Wednesday 27th April 2022
Last updated: Friday 7th October 2022
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Record ID: NCL-72E3E3
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of Gratian (AD 367-383), dating to the period c.AD 367-375 (Reece period 19). GLORIA NOVI SAECVLI reverse type depicting the Emperor standing right holding standard and leaning on shield. Mint of Arles.  Weight: 2.35 g Diameter: 16.86 mm
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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Record ID: NCL-72FE0E
Object type: COIN
Broad period: ROMAN
County: County Durham
Workflow stage: Published
A copper-alloy Roman nummus of the House of Constantine, dating to the period c.AD 321-324 (Reece periiod 16). BEATA TRANQVILLITAS reverse type depicting a Globe on an altar inscribed [VOT/IS/XX], three stars above. Mint of London. Die axis 10 Weight: 1.94 g Diameter: 19.55 mm
Created on: Tuesday 5th March 2024
Last updated: Wednesday 6th March 2024
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